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SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1980
COMMUNITY LEADERS JOIN ANT!-DRUG SEMINAR
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ABOUT 100 COMMUNITY LEADERS TODAY (SATURDAY) TOOK PART IN AN ANTI-DRUG SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE ACTION COMMITTEE AGAINST NARCOTICS AT THE SHEK KWU CHAU DRUG TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTRE.
THE SEMINAR 18 AIMED AT GIVING COMMUNITY LEADERS AN INSIGHT INTO HOW THE GOVERNMENT, VOLUNTARY AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP HONG KONG DRUG-FREE, AND DISCUSSING WAYS AND MEANS TO FURTHER PROMOTE ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG AT DISTRICT LEVEL.
MR PETER LEE, COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, AND MR BROOK BERNACCHI, CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE AID AND REHABILITATION OF DRUG ABUSERS. (SARDA), OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
SPEAKING AT THE SEMINAR WERE THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR BOWEN LEUNG= THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SERVICES (NARCOTICS), DR K.F. CHAN AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF SARDA, MR JAMES CHIEN.
THE COMMUNITY LEADERS ATTENDING THE SEMINAR WERE FROM DISTRICTS WHERE INTENSIVE ANTI-DRUG CAMPAIGNS HAD BEEN HELD OVER THE PAST YEARS. THEY WERE FROM SHAM SHUI PO, WONG TAI SIN, WAN CHAI, MONG KOK AND TSUEN WAN
THE PLANNING AND ORGANISING OF THE SEMINAR WAS ASSISTED BY SARDA AND THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OF SARDA.
SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE OPENED AT CHEUNG CHING
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A SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE ON TSING YE WHICH PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WAS OPENED BY THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL WELFARE, MR THOMAS LEE TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE CENTRE, AT CHEUNG CHING ESTATE, IS OPERATED BY THE YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION (Y.W.C.A.). ITS FITTING-OUT EXPENDITURE WAS MET BY THE LOTTERIES FUND.
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY THIS AFTERNOON, MR LEE DESCRIBED THE CENTRE AS YET ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT BY THE ASSOCIATION IN ITS PROVISION OF SOCIAL WELFARE SERVICES.
HE SAID THE Y.W.C.A., WHICH COMMEMORATES ITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN EXPANDING ITS SCOPE OF SERVICES IN LINE WITH GOVERNMENT POLICIES TO MEET CHANGING SOCIAL NEEDS.
THE CENTRE ON TSING YI, HE SAID, IS THE SEVENTH OF ITS KIND RUN BY THE ASSOCIATION, THE OTHER SIX BEING IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT CN HỒNG KONG ISLAND, NÒNG TẠI SIN, KOWLOON CITY AND HAU TÀU KON IN KOWLOON, AND TSUEN WAN AND TUEN MUN IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
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